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I can't see this fight going the distance nor Jiri taking this to a ground fight, but both will have some advantage which could play out to end the fight and most probably it will be over in round 2.

Jiri being inactive and coming out from shoulder surgery and Pereira being in his favored weight class, he can certainly just fight toe to toe with Jiri and will KO Jiri by head kick or a big swing to the chin. Or Pereira could blackout with just a straight punch being so open whenever he kicks.  

What can I say it wasn't doing anything to Derrick Lewis at all so I guess the neck of Derrick Lewis was made of Steel or Jailton Almeida is not really that strong and after this fight how do I really wish Derrick Lewis would do anything when he was in the ground but Derrick Lewis was just sleeping in there and for sure was pretty much relaxing for sure Jailton Almeida should learn how to punch while he was riding Derrick Lewis, but he doesn't do a thing,

And yeah the Prelims indeed was the place where Jailton Almeida would surely get, after this fight for sure he is not ready for a Sergei Pavlovich or a Tom Aspinal fight, because he will not win that fight for sure I was really fallen asleep watching this fight,


Alex Pereira's power will be tested in this fight for sure and because this is the Light Heavyweight division for Pereira and his fight with Jan Błachowicz has shown that Pereira would need something for sure,

But Tom Aspinal VS Sergei Pavlovich is one interesting fight and his fight will be shown in that particular fight,

Choosing the strategy for this fight won't be easy for Jiri. He himself prefers striking, but will be facing someone who's (on paper) better than him in at it. I don't expect he will try to move the fight to the ground. Maybe he'll be attempting some takedowns in an effort to score some points and win rounds. But if the samurai mentality kicks in, we may see a real slug fest.
This fight has really good entertainment potential.


With all the sympathy for Pavlovich, I think it'll be an easy win for Aspinall. He's just technically better, faster and more determined. But heavyweight is the most unpredictable.

I have a feeling Jiri Prochazka is gonna get caught and cracked in the chin then get starched.  Dunno...  It's just from Prochazka's matches he leaves himself wide open.

As for Aspinall, I have him to win but if he keeps getting his chin high up Pav could put him to sleep too.  Both these underdogs are live.  

Anyway, I see some familiar names in there but nothing particularly sticks out as far as good match ups go except for the main and the co main events.

UFC 295:  Countdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHo2cpVJQbU

UFC Free Fight:  Prochazka vs Reyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0kGi7cQ7Uk

UFC Free Fight:  Pereira vs Adesanya 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-WSAzluSeE

Enjoy...

Cant choke a guy who barely has a neck As it is not just cutting off the oxygen supply, but about squeezing and pushing on the neck also. Almeida and Lewis promised us show and indeed they did, they forced me to switch to other channel with a show Imho that was one of the most boring fights I've seen recently. It is said that Almeida set a new record of dominance in UFC, 21 minutes. For me it strange that when you are a submission artist and finish everyone in first 3 minutes mostly, and it took you 25minutes to show little against now the best wrestler or bjj of division.

Yesterdays performance of Almeida is perfectly described with one comment in soc. media - "bro just won his way back to prelims"

For sure many are now awaiting the next event because it has a great fight in it sure many want to see Jiri Prochazka again inside the octagon and against a kickboxer former middleweight champion Alex Pereira this is going to be juicy and the Heavyweights Sergei Pavlovich for sure has the power and great boxing, while Tom Aspinall my opinion will be the favorite here he got the technicality and the wrestling that are needed in order to win,

UFC 295: Procházka vs. Pereira

DATE: Saturday 11.11.2023
TIME: 06:00 PM ET
PROMOTION: Ultimate Fighting Championship
VENUE: Madison Square Garden
LOCATION: New York City, New York, United States



MAIN EVENT
Jiří Procházka VS Alex Pereira

CO-MAIN EVENT
Sergei Pavlovich VS Tom Aspinall

MAIN CARD
Jéssica Andrade VS Mackenzie Dern
Pat Sabatini VS Diego Lopes
Matt Frevola VS Benoit Saint-Denis

PRELIMINARY CARD
Joshua Van VS Kevin Borjas
Jared Gordon VS Mark Madsen
Dennis Buzukja VS Jamall Emmers
Nazim Sadykhov VS Viacheslav Borshchev
Tabatha Ricci VS Lupita Godinez
Kyung Ho Kang VS John Castañeda
Steve Erceg VS Alessandro Costa

The Information was from Tapology: https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/102959-ufc-295-jones-vs-miocic

Yup! Jailton Almeida was lacking the ground and pound for sure and I really don't know what happened it was hilarious that the black beast didn't do a thing while on the ground he didn't try to get up or even try anything at all, he like he doesn't really care and it is pretty much unusual that Jailton Almeida is trying really hard in choking Derrick Lewis but for sure it might be because of the gap on  Derrick Lewis neck and he might not be choking Lewis at all, but for sure Almeida got that speed for sure the timing of Lewis was off, and he can not counter that takedown,

For me, Almeida still has some flaws, he is not really that perfect, and the technicality in his striking was off and against Tom Aspinal and Sergei Pavlovich he will need to be more technical and have more strength with his takedowns when up against this two,


Nicolas Dalby is a real monster maybe the odds were wrong, but for sure it was based on their previous fights and stats and Nicolas Dalby might be at a different level now than when he usually was and still training even though he doesn't have a fight, I really don't know what have happen because I am pretty much sure about Gabriel Bonfim to win this fight,


I can not argue, that Jon Jones is really something, his technique and skill surpass any in the Light Heavyweight and the Heavyweight for sure, so it is bar none that he is an asset for the UFC,

While I think Stipe Miocic really needed to retire now I personally think that his age might be getting up to him, but maybe I could also be wrong as there are many fighters that still can fight with that kind of age, but this is just my wishful thinking for certain fighters, and how I wish they can still manage to fight even though they are prime is up,

The reality is that Jones is the UFC best fighter across divisions and he is really expected by Dana White to be able to defend his heavyweight title and must fight to defend that title.
I know that if Jones loses the title due to his injury, there will be quite heated conflict because Jones is still one of the fighters who has quite lot of hype for the UFC.

Regarding Stipe Miocic after failing to fight Jones there is no certainty whether he has schedule or not because he is also monster who has held the heavyweight title twice but his age has reached 41 years, which is quite different from Jones who is still 36 years old.
There is also a possibility that Stipe Miocic will soon retire from the UFC.
Actually in that fight Jones was the favorite but that what happened (everyone failed due to injury).

I was wrong about it and I really didn't know that he was a Viking, but for sure he was great against Gabriel Bonfim and it was really amazing what happened to this fight that is why it was the fight of the night and have gotten a $50,000 bonus,

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Now here is the result of my picks,

Jailton Almeida (1.20) VS Derrick Lewis (4.70) - WIN


For sure Derrick Lewis has a great weakness with wrestling and that is shown in this fight for Lewis is struggling against Jailton Almeida the only thing that I am concerned about is was Jailton Almeida didn't finish Lewis in this fight and maybe he can not because Derrick Lewis for sure is really sturdy as well, but the speed of Jailton Almeida is really incredible in this fight,

Gabriel Bonfim (1.16) VS Nicolas Dalby (5.20) - LOST


Now this fight is really quite shocking because Gabriel Bonfim is a huge favorite going into this game, and many are really saying that Gabriel Bonfim will win this easily but Nicolas Dalby has managed not only to win this fight but dominantly destroy Nicolas Dalby, by getting Bonfim down and punching Gabriel Bonfim for the KO win, that many are not really expecting,

Rodrigo Nascimento (1.52) VS Don'Tale Mayes (2.55) - WIN


Even though Rodrigo Nascimento broke his wrist in this fight he still won the fight this fight was a brawl but It is pretty much clear who was the dominant one in this fight for sure Rodrigo Nascimento was on striking and it could be a close match but for sure Nascimento is a different, fighter for sure,

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Agree. Almeida is no match to Aspinall. He doesn't know how to throw punches when the opponent is on the ground. He is just lucky that Derrick lays around.
He doesn't have a KO punch but he should have been pounding Derrick at least while they are on the ground. He kept trying to choke Derrick when its not effective to the beast. Its still a good strategy to put Derrick to the ground though, this kept him from throwing a shot that could potentially turn the table around when on feet.

Though Abus finished the 3 rounds, he still out of gas just as he performed against Strickland.

I sure did underestimate him in that fight and for sure I learned my lesson very hard his nickname was true to him "Danish Dynamite" for his punches were exploding sure and what he did here has proven that he has unusual strength and took on his opponent strikes and that knee and even though Bonfim is quite technical in his approached the experience and that Viking blood surely surge in his veins, surely enough I have learned my lesson,

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The results for my bet on UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis

Jailton Almeida VS Derrick Lewis ROUND 5 DECISION - WIN

It was a total Domination for Jailton Almeida on the ground, for sure the fight had many percentage on the ground than in the stand-up the speed and quickness of Jailton Almeida is a problem to some of the Heavyweight in the division for sure, and for Derrick Lewis he is getting a hard time with Jailton Almeida's takedowns and clinching, but my issue with Derrick Lewis while he was leaning on the floor he is not doing something while Jailton Almeida he can not takeout Derrick Lewis easily I really don't know why maybe because of his height but for sure if Almeida can have some issues like this I think he can never defeat Tom Aspinal in my opinion,

Gabriel Bonfim VS Nicolas Dalby ROUND 2 KO/TKO - LOST

Shocking indeed, how a Viking defeated Gabriel Bonfim and it was an upset for sure how Bonfim got defeated by Dalby was really epic, for sure many have doubted Nicolas Dalby for sure but this Viking dude has proven that he is the guy that can land the harder strike than Gabriel Bonfim and I was really get in the hype train for Bonfim for sure,

Caio Borralho VS Abus Magomedov ROUND 3 DECISION - WIN

Caio Borralho was amazing and for sure I need to take Sean Strickland for this because I think he exposed Abus Magomedov before this fight, and because Magomedov has proven that he is not that technical of a guy for Caio Borralho to be very dominant with his striking and even in the ground for sure that a lot of Dagestan fighter was pretty much well known Abus Magomedov really lack that,

Yup...  Wouldn't argue against that thought process.  It's pretty much the same as I said about the Dagestani bros living a hard life in the mountains of Dagestan.  :/

Anyway here are the results for UFC Sao Paulo.  Biggest pie shitter of the event you already know who:  Bonfim.  Let's see how he progresses in the UFC from here on forth.

Jailton Almeida def Derrick Lewis   Decision (Unanimous) (50–44, 50–44, 50–45)
Nicolas Dalby def Gabriel Bonfim   TKO R2 (Knee and Punches)
Rodrigo Nascimento def Don'Tale Mayes Decision (Unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)
Caio Borralho def Abus Magomedov Decision (Unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)
Elves Brener def Kaynan Kruschewsky   KO R1 (Punch)
Rinat Fakhretdinov vs Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos Draw (Majority) (29–28, 28–28, 28–28)
Vitor Petrino def Modestas Bukauskas KO R2 (Punch)
Angela Hill def Denise Gomes Decision (Unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)
Eduarda Moura def Montserrat Ruiz TKO R2 (Punches)
Marc Diakiese def Kauê Fernandes Decision (Split) (29–28, 28–29, 30–27)

UFC Sao Paulo:  Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLtIiKKu7Cs

I didn't watch Jailton Almeida's fight against Derrick Lewis, but it's a fight that is being talked about a lot on Portuguese news channels, because Derrick Lewis complained a lot about Brazil, although some things could even make a little sense, but Complaining about where he's going to fight when he wasn't even seen as the favorite to win this fight sounded like he was looking for an argument for when he lost. From the highlight videos I was able to watch, the fight was more concentrated on the ground, something even strange that even with Derrick Lewis being very fat he didn't take advantage of it. I know the scale doesn't lie, but when I see a skinny guy vs a fat guy fighting the only thing that comes to mind is that I'm looking at muscles vs fat

and then I think: how can a guy who is a fighter and spends a lot of time training end up with a lot of fat on his body? It looks like the coaches of these fat fighters put on some kind of wooden glasses and ignore the part that the athlete's body should have more muscle than fat. But since even today in these fights it's normal to see this, so it's okay. But it's strange that professional female fighters are rarely fat, they take good care of their bodies. In this part they are a good example. In any case, congratulations to Jailton Almeida for the victory

@owengtam09, @YuginKadoya. It appears these Scandanavian Vikings should not be underestimated hehehe. They are the most strongest and they are almost unbreakable warriors in the history of human beings. The Brazilians live in sunny areas of the world where there is animals to be hunted, fish and fruits everywhere. Their life is easy. The people of Denmark, Sweden and Norway were people who sailed on their ships to invade other villages to get food because food is not very abundant.

I reckon the Brazilian was the biggest favorite for this event against the Viking warrior? I shake my head hehehe. We should never underestimate any human if they have Vinking's blood flowing in their veins.

My bet and prediction for the event UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis,

Jailton Almeida VS Derrick Lewis

The stake odds for this fight are 1.20 for Almeida and 4.70 for Lewis for this fight Derrick Lewis can surely put Almeida to sleep with just 1 shot, and if he does a takedown if Lewis can time it correctly he can follow up with a knee, but if Jailton Almeida can be faster than Lewis we can see a Derrick Lewis struggling in the ground with Jailton Almeida, because Derrick Lewis is not a technical fighter so this will be a win for Almeida in my opinion so for sure I will be going with Jailton Almeida,

Gabriel Bonfim VS Nicolas Dalby

The stake odds for this fight are 1.16 for Bonfim and 5.20 for Dalby for this fight Nicolas Dalby isn't that smooth but for sure this fight will be a close one for sure for Gabriel Bonfim has good striking and great grappling he can use when striking is pretty much not in favor for him, and because Gabriel Bonfim is more well-rounded than Nicolas Dalby my bet is for Gabriel Bonfim,

Caio Borralho VS Abus Magomedov

The stake odds for this fight are 1.34 for Borralho and 3.30 for Magomedov, For this fight Abus Magomedov has an upset against Sean Strickland, and for sure Strickland exposed Abus Magomedov in their recent right for sure Abus Magomedov is a great fighter he got the striking for sure but for me, Magomedov is not that fast but for sure Caio Borrailho is much faster than Magomedov, for me Caio Borrailho wrestling for me is much superior than Magomedov,

For sure punching so much will get you gassed out but in the later rounds Tyson Fury was also gassed out as well, and sure Francis Ngannou will have to further enhance his gas tank for the next boxing match for sure he can be shifted to the Boxing without having any problem at all, that performance of Ngannou has really shocked many for sure,

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Here are my picks for the UFC Fight Night Almeida vs. Lewis event

Jailton Almeida (1.20) VS Derrick Lewis (4.70)


Many have thought that Derrick Lewis could not make the fight because he was arrested for speeding, but I think his strength will not be too depleted because of that, Almeida is sloppy shooting a takedown so there is still a possibility for Derrick Lewis to take that chance to TKO Almeida but I guess Jailton Almeida can quickly shoot a takedown and take Lewis on the ground fast enough, so it is clear on who is my pick and that is Jailton Almeida

Gabriel Bonfim (1.16) VS Nicolas Dalby (5.20)


For me, Gabriel Bonfim had great striking he could finish his opponent with his strike but when his stand-up gets complicated his grappling is not just a walk in the part, while Nicolas Dalby might have a great record he was briefly taken to the ground as well for sure Gabriel Bonfim can easily defeat Dalby for sure so my pick is Gabriel Bonfim,

Rodrigo Nascimento (1.52) VS Don'Tale Mayes (2.55)


Rodrigo Nascimento has already beaten Don'Tale Mayes in this fight  Don'Tale Mayes has the reach advantage and has power in his punch but for this fight Rodrigo Nascimento  is well-rounded he had great boxing combination and could also get the fight to the ground just like their 1st fight so for me there is really nothing that will be changing on the outcome of the fight so for sure Rodrigo Nascimento will still win this fight for sure so my pick is Rodrigo Nascimento,

I remember Dana White hinting in some of the interviews he gave, after Ngannou won the belt, that Jon Jones was afraid of facing Francis. I don't think that was true though, it was probably just Dana's frustration with Jon stalling and not wanting to agree to any fight.


Given that Fury is a dominating and undefeated champion, it probably wouldn't make UFC look that bad, definitely not as bad as Jake Paul beating up former top UFC fighters. But good point.

Before I was hyped about Ciryl Gane's athleticism, speed, and technicality in his every fight but after his fight with Jon Jones there is no doubt that Jon Jones is more experience and more technical than Ciryl Gane is for sure his grappling was really undeniable and he can suddenly adapt on the situation, so right now there is no doubt that Jon Jones is a different monster than Ciryl Gane and with the rest of the UFC, and for Francis Ngannou it is also interesting that he managed to make something out of the ordinary with his fight against Tyson Fury and no MMA fighter has done before was nearly winning the fight, a close match for sure than with the onesided fight that everyone have hope would happen,


Well, I am not against Dana White's decision if the guy can cater many PPVs for his every fight then that would be very nice for the UFC, but I am really against the inequality in the UFC if the fighter would cater a huge amount of money for the UFC, then they will likely get that fight on progress, well right now I am for Jon Jones when his fight with Stipe Miocic would settle, then I am freakishly going with Jon Jones as Stipe is now inactive for a long time and his age is something that is spell as retired for sure,

I think that's the business part where Dana White is hesitant to deal with the boxing guys as its prolly hard negotiating with them.  And what if Ngannou gets KO'd or got man handled by Tyson Fury?  What would that make the UFC look?  But who knew Ngannou would look good in there vs Fury?  If Dana knew, I'm pretty sure he'd agree to Ngannou's requests so fast, he wouldn't believe it.  Lol.  But again, how could we possibly know.

As for the dog and pony show that is Mayweather vs McGregor, it was just the right time to do it.  We were all excited for it and kinda thought McGregor had a chance.  Lmao..  

Last look of the fighters before making your bets if you haven't yet.

UFC Sao Paulo:  Ceremonial Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3mZZCqw0ok

Last call for jeremypwr's Multi Master.

UFC Fight Night 231:  Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sportsbetio-ufc-fight-night-231-multi-master-challenge-saturday-5472203

It's a shame I didn't get to watch the match. Finally I had to watch the replay to see how Ngannou was in boxing. And I agree with you that Ngannou seemed to run out of gas as the fight entered the final rounds. Regarding boxing strength, there is no doubt that Francis will become a great boxer in the future. And for Dana White I think his chances of bringing Francis back to the UFC are almost impossible because the boxer's pay is much greater than even the highest pay a UFC fighter receives.